Birzeit University bars pro- Palestine Israeli journalist

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Not all Palestinians agree with Amira Hass’s understanding response to the Palestinian university that ejected her out of a conference because of her Jewish heritage. In an article published Sunday, the pro-Palestinian journalist for Haaretz, revealed that last week she was asked to leave a conference organized by the German Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

El Al and Jet Blue seek to codeshare

NEW YORK (Press Release) – EL AL Israel Airlines and JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) on Monday, Sept. 29 filed with the United States Department of Transportation seeking approval to codeshare. Subject to government approval, EL AL plans to place its “LY” code on select JetBlue-operated flights to/from New York (JFK/Newark), expanding options for EL AL customers throughout the

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JNS news brief: September 29, 2014

Biden’s new national security advisor scrutinized over policy on Israel, Iran (JNS.org) Dr. Colin Kahl, Vice President Joe Biden’s newly appointed national security advisor, has come under the microscope for his positions on Israel and Iran’s nuclear program. Kahl previously served as the top civilian Pentagon Middle East advisor for former defense secretaries Robert Gates

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Abbas wounded by ‘shrapnel’ from his verbal bombs

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What do the 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, Germany’s 1941 attack on Russia, Pearl Harbor, and 9-11 have in common? They represent an adversary’s error that brought upon it a greater power, and–in the case of the first three–eventual destruction. We’re still seeing the playing out of 9-11, principally now

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Affiliation choices often depend on time and $$$

Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition by Carmel U. Chiswick, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA; ISBN 978-0-8047-7605-9 ©2014, $22.95, p. 201, plus Reference material By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Words to an old folksong read, “If religion were a thing that money could buy, then the rich would live and the poor

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Davis praises new regs on service personnel finances

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) praised the Obama Administration for its new regulations to boost financial protections for military families – an issue that Davis has championed in Congress. “These added protections will help end the vicious cycle of high interest rates, high debt, and allow servicemembers to get their

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AJC: Abbas speech ‘work of verbal arsonist’

NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s address to the UN General Assembly a rhetorical cocktail of hatred, deceit and distortion. Once again, as in his previous UN speeches, Abbas undermined prospects for advancing peace. “President Abbas today offered no fresh ideas, indeed no hope for peace,” said AJC Executive Director

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